The tenth election to Glamorgan County Council, south Wales, took place in March 1919. It was preceded by the 1913 election and followed by the 1922 election.
Overview of the Result
[edit]
In this first post-war election a significant advance was made by the Labour Party, which captured a number of seats, and established a comfortable majority on the Council for the first time.[1]
Boundary Changes
[edit]
A number of boundary changes had taken place since the previous election. The extension of the Swansea Borough boundary caused the disappearance of the Llansamlet, Morriston, Sketty, and Oystermouth divisions which were no longer part of the county. Four new divisions were created in other parts of the county. The old Margam division was divided into two (Margam East and Port Talbot West), and the Llantrisant division was likewise divided into two new wards, namely Gilfach Goch and Tonyrefail. Llantwit Fardre, a new division was also created at Hopkinstown, Pontypridd and the old Aber division was divided into the Cwm Aber and Llanfabon divisions.[2] The number of wards remained at 66.
Candidates
[edit]
38 of the 66 councilors were returned unopposed.[3]
Party
Unopposed Returns
Conservative
8
Labour
10
Liberal
12
Independent
0
Liberal-Labour
1
Most of the re-elected Conservatives represented wards on the outskirts of Cardiff and in the Vale of Glamorgan. Labour candidates were returned unopposed in a number of the mining valleys although sitting Liberals were also unopposed in some of these localities.
Of the eleven retiring aldermen, seven sought re-election to the Council. Three of these namely E.H. Fleming (Lab, Hopkinstown), William Jones (Lab, Mountain Ash) and William Llewellyn (Lib, Ogmore Vale) were returned unopposed.
Contested Elections
[edit]
Many of the contested elections resulted in the decision of the Labour Party to run more candidates than ever before. The distribution of these candidates was not uniform, with candidates being run in all Rhondda wards bar two (where two long-serving Liberals went unopposed). In contrast there was only one contested elections in the Aberdare district, and this was more personal than political.[4] Despite the Labour advance at district level in the pre-war period they fielded no candidates.
Outcome
[edit]
A number of seats changed hands as Labour captured twelve seats and lost only one. Most attention focused on the defeat of two members who had served since 1889, namely Alderman J.M. Smith (Aberavon) and Alderman W.H. Mathias (Rhondda) lost to Labour challengers, but Labour victories occurred in most parts of the county .[5] A third retiring alderman, Evan Davies (Lib, Maesteg) was also defeated while the Rev D.H. Williams (Lib, Barry) sought off a Labour challenger.
Results
[edit]
Aberaman
[edit]
Aberaman 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Thomas Lewis
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Aberavon
[edit]
Aberavon 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Rees
1,016
Conservative
John Morgan Smith**
1,010
Labour gain from Conservative
Swing
Abercynon
[edit]
Abercynon 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Dr I. Llewelyn Morris*
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Aberdare Town
[edit]
Aberdare Town 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
William Thomas*
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Bargoed
[edit]
Bargoed 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Rev D. Leyshon Evans*
1,460
Labour
Morgan Jones
1,146
Majority
314
Liberal hold
Swing
Barry
[edit]
Barry 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Rev D.H. Williams**
901
Labour
Dr C.E.G. Sixsmith
406
Majority
495
Liberal hold
Swing
Barry Dock
[edit]
Barry Dock 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
W.M. Davies*
774
Labour
Rev Ingli James
268
Majority
506
Liberal hold
Swing
Blaengwawr
[edit]
Blaengwawr 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Gwilym Alexander Treharne*
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Bridgend
[edit]
Bridgend 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
John Morgan Randall*
Unopposed
Conservative hold
Swing
Briton Ferry
[edit]
Briton Ferry 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Joseph Branch
1,063
Liberal
James Morris
987
Majority
76
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Cadoxton
[edit]
Cadoxton 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
J.R. Llewellyn*
Unopposed
Majority
Conservative hold
Swing
Caerphilly
[edit]
Caerphilly 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Joseph Howells*
1,304
Labour
Claude Denscombe
896
Majority
408
Liberal hold
Swing
Cilfynydd
[edit]
Cilfynydd 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Daniel Rees
1,294
Liberal
J.E. Brooks
689
Majority
685
Labour hold
Swing
Coedffranc
[edit]
Coedffranc 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Dr W.D. Lewis Jones
936
Labour
T.W. Davies*
689
Labour
John Rees
430
Majority
247
Conservative gain from Labour
Swing
Coity
[edit]
Coity 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
W.A. Howell
1,242
Liberal
John Rees*
395
Majority
847
Independent gain from Liberal
Swing
Cowbridge
[edit]
Cowbridge 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Colonel H.R. Homfray*
Labour
Kenneth James
Majority
Conservative hold
Swing
Cwm Aber
[edit]
Cwm Aber 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Hubert Jenkins*
Unopposed
Majority
Labour hold
Swing
Cwmavon
[edit]
Cwmavon 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Jones Edwards
1,135
Conservative
John Hanbury
563
Independent
Yilliam McNeil
289
Majority
572
Labour gain from Independent
Swing
Cymmer
[edit]
Cymmer 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Watts-Morgan*
1,343
Independent
D. Roberts Powell
301
Majority
1,042
Labour hold
Swing
Dinas Powys
[edit]
Dinas Powys 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Claude D. Thompson*
Unopposed
Conservative hold
Swing
Dulais Valley
[edit]
Dulais Valley 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Daniel Daniels*
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Ferndale
[edit]
Ferndale 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Davies
Unopposed
Labour hold
Swing
Gadlys
[edit]
The sitting member was heavily defeated by the minister of Tabernacle, Aberdare.[6]
Gadlys 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Rev T. Madoc Jeffreys
841
Liberal
T. Walter Williams*
272
Majority
569
Liberal hold
Swing
Garw Valley
[edit]
Garw Valley 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Lib-Lab
Rev William Saunders*
Unopposed
Majority
Lib-Lab hold
Swing
Glyncorrwg
[edit]
Glyncorrwg 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
William Jenkins*
Unopposed
Labour hold
Gower
[edit]
Gower 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
W.H. Davies
1,126
Independent
George E. Gordon*
586
Majority
540
Labour gain from Conservative
Swing
Hengoed
[edit]
Hengoed 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Edward Richards*
1,343
Conservative
William James Price
615
Majority
728
Liberal hold
Swing
Hopkinstown
[edit]
Hopkinstown 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
E.H. Fleming**
Unopposed
Labour hold
Swing
Kibbor
[edit]
Kibbor 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
H. Spence Thomas
Unopposed
Conservative hold
Swing
Llandaff
[edit]
Llandaff 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
William Forrest
Unopposed
Conservative hold
Swing
Llandeilo Talybont
[edit]
Llandeilo Talybont 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Geoffrey Williams
850
Independent
Albert Morgan
554
Majority
296
Labour gain from Conservative
Swing
Llanfabon
[edit]
Llanfabon 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
H.E. Morgan Lindsay
997
Labour
David Bouldin
559
Majority
348
Conservative win (new seat)
Llantrisant
[edit]
Llantrisant 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Thomas Jenkins
733
Labour
Tom Young
711
Liberal
George Thomas Davies*
581
Majority
22
Conservative win (new seat)
Llwydcoed
[edit]
Llwydcoed 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
William Morgan Llewellyn
unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Llwynypia
[edit]
Llwynypia 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Hammond
Unopposed
Labour hold
Swing
Loughor
[edit]
Loughor 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Albert Harding
Unopposed
Independent hold
Swing
Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon
[edit]
Maesteg, Caerau and Nantyffyllon 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Evans*
Unopposed
Majority
Labour hold
Swing
Maesteg, East and West
[edit]
Maesteg East and West 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Edwin Barnett
1,852
Liberal
Evan E. Davies**
769
Majority
1,063
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Mountain Ash
[edit]
Lord Aberdare was initially nominated but withdrew, allowing retiring alderman William Jones to be returned unopposed.[7]
Mountain Ash 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
William Jones**
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Neath (North)
[edit]
Neath (North) 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Progressive
David Griffith Davies
494
Liberal
J. Morris
365
Independent
Rev Degwell Thomas
296
Majority
129
Progressive hold
Swing
Neath (South)
[edit]
Neath (South) 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Frederick William Gibbins*
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Newcastle
[edit]
Newcastle 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Edward H. Mole
1,613
Conservative
William H.C. Llewellyn*
1,040
Majority
573
Labour gain from Conservative
Swing
Ogmore Valley
[edit]
Ogmore Valley 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
William Llewellyn**
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Penarth North
[edit]
Penarth North 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Walter Hallett
Unopposed
Conservative hold
Swing
Penarth South
[edit]
Penarth South 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Samuel Thomas*
Unopposed
Conservative hold
Swing
Penrhiwceiber
[edit]
Penrhiwceiber 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Dr. Ben Phillips-Jones*
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Pentre
[edit]
Pentre 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Thomas Alfred Thomas
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Pontardawe
[edit]
Pontardawe 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Daniel Davies*
1,008
Progressive
F.R. Phillips
699
Independent Labour
David Lewis
375
Majority
309
Labour hold
Swing
Port Talbot East
[edit]
Port Talbot East 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Thomas
787
Labour
William Lewis
446
Labour win (new seat)
Port Talbot West
[edit]
Port Talbot West 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Independent
Llewelyn David*
986
Labour
Thomas Griffiths
446
Independent win (new seat)
Porthcawl
[edit]
Porthcawl 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Progressive
Thomas G. Jones
953
Labour
Jenkin Jones
659
Conservative
J.I.D. Nicholl
557
Majority
294
Progressive gain from Liberal
Swing
Pontlottyn
[edit]
Alderman William Williams withdrew in favour of sitting councillor William Hammond.[7]
Pontlottyn 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
William Hammond
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Pontypridd
[edit]
Pontypridd 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Ben Davies
1,008
Liberal
Hopkin Morgan*
999
Majority
9
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Penygraig
[edit]
Penygraig 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Bowen
Unopposed
Labour hold
Swing
Porth
[edit]
Porth 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
William Evans
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Swansea Valley
[edit]
Swansea Valley 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Progressive
Richard Thomas
1,157
Labour
J.L. Rees
1,074
Independent
R.A. Jones
269
Majority
Progressive hold
Swing
Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch
[edit]
The Liberal candidate had sought to withdraw before polling day but missed the deadline and his name was therefore included on the ballot.[7]
Tonyrefail and Gilfach Goch 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
William Arthur Jones
834
Independent
William Evans
772
Liberal
David Naunton Morgan
19
Majority
62
Labour win (new seat)
Trealaw
[edit]
The sitting member, David Charles Evans, licensed victualler, withdrew, allowing the Labour candidate to be returned unopposed.[7]
Trealaw 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Enoch Treharne
Unopposed
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Treforest
[edit]
Treforest 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
W.H. May
1,194
Conservative
Dr W. Miles
828
Majority
366
Labour gain from Independent
Swing
Treherbert
[edit]
Treherbert 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Edward Williams
Unopposed
Labour hold
Swing
Treorchy
[edit]
Long-serving councillor, Thomas Jones, was defeated and W.P. Thomas withdrew before the poll.[7]
Treorchy 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Rhys Evans
2,309
Liberal
Thomas Jones*
1,708
Majority
501
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Tylorstown
[edit]
Tylorstown 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
David Lewis*
Unopposed
Labour hold
Swing
Vale of Neath
[edit]
Vale of Neath 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Rev Aneurin Davies
1,768
Conservative
Col. J. Edwards-Vaughan*
1,267
Majority
Liberal gain from Conservative
Swing
Ynyshir
[edit]
Ynyshir 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
George Dolling
1,501
Liberal
W.H. Mathias**
1,317
Majority
184
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Ystalyfera
[edit]
Ystalyfera 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Daniel T. Jones
1,112
Liberal
D.W. Davies*
986
Majority
126
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Ystrad
[edit]
Ystrad 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Dr W.E. Thomas
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Election of Aldermen
[edit]
In addition to the elected councillors the County Council consisted of 22 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Following the 1919 election, there were twelve aldermanic vacancies, following the resignation of Alderman J.E. Evans.[8]
It was initially resolved to re-elect the four retiring aldermen who had been successful at the recent election, namely:
E.H. Fleming (Lab, Hopkinstown)
William Jones (Lib, Mountain Ash)
William Llewellyn (Lib, Ogmore Vale)
Rev D.H. Williams (Lib, Barry)
In addition, the following eight new aldermen were elected:
Llewellyn David (Ind, Port Talbot)
Daniel Daniels (Lib, Dulais Valley)
W.H. Davies (Lab, Gower)
Joseph Howells (Lib, Caerphilly)
Hubert Jenkins (Lab, Cwm Aber) - elected alderman for three years
William Jenkins (Lab, Glyncorrwg)
David Lewis (Lab, Tylorstown)
William Thomas (Lib, Aberdare)
By-elections
[edit]
Eleven vacancies were caused by the election of aldermen.
Aberdare
[edit]
Retired grocer F.W. Mander was returned unopposed following William Thomas's election as alderman.[9]
Aberdare by-election 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Liberal
Frederick William Mander
Unopposed
Liberal hold
Swing
Barry by-election
[edit]
The by-election at Barry was caused by the re-election of the Rev, D.H. Williams as alderman. John Lowden, who had held the seat for fifteen years and had stood down in favour of D.H. Williams at the recent election, was defeated by a Labour candidate.[10]
Barry by-election 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
J.C. Finch
1,174
Liberal
J. Lowden
1,014
Majority
170
Labour gain from Liberal
Swing
Caerphilly by-election
[edit]
A Conservative replaced a Liberal at this by-election.[11]
Caerphilly by-election 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Conservative
Thomas Edwards
1,525
Labour
Claude Denscombe
1,134
Majority
391
Conservative hold
Swing
Gower by-election
[edit]
Farmer Charles Bevan of Port Eynon held the seat for Labour following W.H. Davies's appointment as alderman.[9]
Gower by-election 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
Charles Bevan
779
Liberal
Daniel Williams
702
Majority
77
Labour hold
Swing
Hopkinstown by-election
[edit]
The successful candidate, John Tristram, was an engine driver on the Taff Vale Railway and the local secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen.[12]
Hopkinstown by-election 1919
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±%
Labour
John Tristram
1,555
Liberal
Hugh Bramwell
1,043
Majority
512
Labour hold
Swing
Port Talbot West by-election
[edit]
Edward Lowther, general manager of the Port Talbot Railway and Docks company chosen as joint Conservative and Liberal candidate defeated Thomas Griffiths (Lab).[13]
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